Traditional Thanksgiving Meal – If your student isn’t coming home for the Thanksgiving holiday, you might worry that they’re missing out on that traditional Thanksgiving meal, too. But with these recipes submitted by HSU parents and families, your student will be able to whip up a satisfying, student-friendly Thanksgiving meal of his or her own.

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Stirring up Student-Friendly Thanksgiving Recipes

Desiree Perez

Thanksgiving break is upon us. While some students are traveling home to be with family for the holiday, many others aren’t. We wanted to make sure that those students staying in Humboldt for the holiday had a chance to have some home-style cooking too.

We put a call out to parents and family like you to help provide some recipes for students making their own Thanksgiving dinners and you really came through.

Below, you’ll find a full Thanksgiving dinner’s worth of food straight from our network of parents and family. Turkey can be both expensive and hard to find if you’re not buying a whole bird, so we opted for a great chicken recipe submitted by parent Julie Nagel.

Main Course

Poached Chicken Breast: From Julie Nagel – “While my daughter was home this summer I showed her how to poach boneless chicken breasts.”

Serves 4, 30-40 minutes

Ingredients

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

How To

1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

2) Place chicken breasts in oven-safe container. Fill with 1/2 inch of water.

3) Season chicken breasts generously with salt and pepper.

4) Cover dish tightly with foil.

5) Cook for 30 to 40 minutes. The USDA recommends that all poultry be cooked to an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit. If you do not have a food thermometer, you can test your chicken by inserting a fork into it. It should go in with ease and the juices should run clear.

Left overs can be refrigerated and used for sandwiches, wraps or salads.

1) Cover potatoes with water in a large pot and boil until tender when pierced (about 20 min.)

2) Drain and return to pot.

3) Mix potatoes with a hand mixer – or a fork and a lot of elbow grease – just to break up.

4) Add cheese, broth, salt and green onions and mix until blended.

(*Non-meat-eating students can use a vegetable broth instead of a chicken broth.)

Dessert

Chocolate Mug Cake: From K.D. – “This is a microwave recipe that my daughter makes in her dorm. Good for a chocolate-craving moment. Best not to microwave too hot—it gets dry and burnt. Less power or less time is best.”

6) Pop in the microwave for 2:40 on power setting 8 (adjust time or power depending on your microwave).

Let cool and enjoy!

And if you have any more student-friendly recipes you’d like to share, send them my way. Your recipe could still become someone’s favorite, easy-to-make meal. Keep in mind that students often don’t have full kitchens—perhaps just a hot plate and a microwave—or a lot of money to spend on ingredients.

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